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The benefits & drawbacks of Freelancing during the grave yard shift

The benefits & drawbacks of Freelancing during the grave yard shift

It's no secret if you read the about me page on my WordPress design company website that I'm an insomniac, but how many of you are also blessed/cursed with the late night work bug? There's many benefits and also many drawbacks to removing sleep from your daily activities in order to get more work done so I thought it'd be fun to break the benefits and drawbacks down for you today. Benefits of freelancing during the grave yard shift I'm sure that ...

The high-school freelancer: $30K per year before graduating?

The high-school freelancer: $30K per year before graduating?

We all know the saying "If I knew then what I know now, I'd be rich". Can it be true though? Could you actually be a high school student and make $30,000 per year in your freelance business? I believe it's possible and I will show you how in this article. When I was a teenager and getting involved in the computer, I heard this all of the time: You need to get off there and find something else to ...

15 benefits to working as a full time freelancer

15 benefits to working as a full time freelancer

This is the follow up article to "15 draw backs to working as a full time freelancer" article we published a while back. Special thanks go to all of my followers on twitter who helped with the great answers to both of these articles. In the previous article, I covered 15 of the draw backs to working as a freelancer full time. I only felt that it would be right to share the negative side of it before telling ...

15 draw backs to working as a full time freelancer

15 draw backs to working as a full time freelancer

If you've been reading things online lately, you'll see a lot of "Freelancing is the greatest" or "Freelancers are getting rich". Something along those lines anyways. Freelance is the new buzzword for marketers to try and sell you stuff. With the recession here in the US, I find it only fitting to share some of the draw backs of full time freelancing. Yes, it can be a great gig, but I feel it's right to let potential freelancers know the ...

When social media becomes too time consuming

When social media becomes too time consuming

Social media is fun. Social media is a great way to connect with other like minded people. Social media is a great way to interact with potential clients and customers for your business. But what are you supposed to do when social media becomes too time consuming and wraps up the vast majority of your time and you’ve been sucked into the black hole and cannot seem to get out long enough to keep your business floating? I recently in the ...

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